Mobile basketball post for a basketball game

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a basketball post for a basketball game, and more particularly, to a mobile basketball post for a basketball game, which is movable using power. The mobile basketball post for a basketball game according to the present invention comprises: a base; a pillar mounted on the base; a backboard mounted on a top of the pillar; and a rim arranged at a lower portion of the backboard, wherein the base has an accommodation space formed therein, and a frame consisting of a plurality of bars is installed to in the accommodation space, and a pair of driven wheels are installed at one side of the frame. The mobile basketball post of the present invention further comprises: moving means including a motor which is fixed at an intermediate portion of the frame so as to be placed in the accommodation space, and which has a first pulley mounted on a rotating shaft thereof; a shaft which is installed in the accommodation space such that the shaft is rotatable by a bearing unit fixed at the other side of the frame, and which has a second pulley; driving wheels fixed at either end of the shaft; and a belt installed on both the first pulley and the second pulley.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a basketball post, and in particular toa mobile basketball post for a basketball game which is movable by meansof a driving force.

BACKGROUND ART

A basketball post is generally formed of a base, a pillar, a backboardand a rim.

The conventional basketball is configured in such a way that a basecomes into contact with the ground and weighs so heavy that a lot ofpeople is needed to move it. For this, its mobility is worse.

In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems, a mobile basketballpost with wheels engaged at a base is disclosed; however the mobilebasketball post is characterized in that it is designed to move as thewheels are transferred to lower sides in a state that the wheels areembedded in the base.

In addition, the basketball is not automatically movable, in otherwords, it is designed to move as people push it, which constructionneeds fewer people than to transfer it by lifting, but a lot of peopleare still needed to move a heavy basketball post, so it is still hard tomove a basketball post.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention is made to resolve the problemsencountered in the conventional art, and it is an object of the presentinvention to provide a mobile basketball post for a basketball gamewhich makes it possible to help a basketball post move automatically aswheels roll using a driving force from a motor, thus minimizing the useof manpower when moving a heavy basketball post.

In addition, it is another object of the present invention to provide amobile basketball for a basketball game the moving direction of whichcan be adjustable by providing a steering part.

To achieve the above objects, there is provided a mobile basketball postfor a basketball game formed of a base; a pillar installed at the base;a backboard installed at top of the pillar; and a rim installed at alower side of the backboard. The base has an accommodation spacetherein, and a plurality of frames are installed in the accommodationspace. A pair of driven wheels are installed at the frame to position atone side. A motor is positioned in the accommodation space and isfixedly installed at an intermediate portion of the frame. A firstpulley is installed at a rotary shaft of the motor. A shaft is rotatablyinstalled in the accommodation space with the aid of a bearing unitfixedly installed at the other side of the frame and has a secondpulley. A driving wheel is fixedly installed at either side of theshaft. A moving part is formed of a belt installed at the first pulleyand the second pulley.

In addition, it is characterized in that a controller controlling themotor is provided at one side of the base.

In addition, it is characterized in that the controller is formed of aremote controller.

In addition it is characterized in that there is further provided asteering part at the basketball post.

In addition, the steering part comprises a vertical shaft which isdownwardly protruded from a lower surface of one side of the frame andhas an engaging shoulder at its lower side, a rotary body which isrotatably installed at is the vertical shaft, a pair of driven wheelswhich are rotatably installed at a front end of a rod connected to therotary body, a connection piece one end of which is fixedly connected tothe rotary body, a rotation bar which is disposed between the drivenwheels, with one of it being rotatably installed at the frame, with theother end of it being exposed to the outside so as to be held, and aconnection bar both ends of which are rotatably installed at the ends ofthe connection piece, with the intermediate portion of the body beinginstalled to be rotatable along with the center of the rotation bar.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS

As described above, the basketball post for a basketball game accordingto the present invention can be easily moved as the driving wheelsrotate by means of the driving operation of the motor.

In addition, the present invention does not need a lot of people to movea basketball post like the conventional art in such a way to use thedriving force of the motor.

In addition, there are provided a controller or a remote controller bywhich operations become easy and a remote control is made possible.

In addition, since there is further provided a steering part, thebasketball post can move in all directions, not a linear reciprocationmovement.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a mobile basketball post for abasketball game according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front cross sectional view illustrating part of a mobilebasketball post for a basketball game according to the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a side cross sectional view of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a plane cross sectional view of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a construction that a controller isfurther provided.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a construction that a remote controller isfurther provided.

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a construction that a steering part isfurther provided.

FIG. 8 is a plane cross sectional view of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a view illustrating a construction that a position fixingapparatus is further provided.

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a state that a moving part is driven.

FIG. 11 is a view illustrating an operation state of a steering part.

* Descriptions of reference numerals * 10: base 11: accommodation space12: frame 12-1: first bar 12-2: second bar 12-3: third bar 20: pillar30: backboard 40: rim 50: moving part 51: motor 51-1: rotary shaft 51-2:first pulley 52: shaft 52-1: second pulley 53: driving wheel 54: belt60: controller 60′: remote controller 70: steering part 71: verticalshaft 71-1: engaging shoulder 72: rotary body 72-1: hollow part 73: rod74: connection piece 75: rotation bar 76: connection bar 80: positionfixing apparatus 81: bolt 82: holding rod 83: pad B: bearing unit

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The mobile basketball post for a basketball game according to apreferred embodiment of the present invention will be described withreference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a mobile basketball post for abasketball game according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a frontcross sectional view illustrating part of a mobile basketball post for abasketball game according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a sidecross sectional view of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a plane cross sectional viewof FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a construction that acontroller is further provided. FIG. 6 is a view illustrating aconstruction that a remote controller is further provided. FIG. 7 is aview illustrating a construction that a steering part is furtherprovided. FIG. 8 is a plane cross sectional view of FIG. 7. FIG. 9 is aview illustrating a construction that a position fixing apparatus isfurther provided. FIG. 10 is a view illustrating a state that a movingpart is driven. FIG. 11 is a view illustrating an operation state of asteering part.

The basketball post for a basketball game according to the presentinvention, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, comprises a base 10, a pillar 20installed at the base 10, a backboard 30 installed at top of the pillar20, a rim 40 installed at a lower side of the backboard 30 and a movingpart 50 installed at the base 10.

The base 10 comprises an accommodation space 11 in the interior of itwith its lower side being open. A frame 12 formed of a plurality of barsare installed in the accommodation space 11. A pair of driven wheels 13are installed at one side of the base 10.

The frame 12 is formed of a plurality of bars for the purpose ofensuring that the driven wheels 13, the motor 51 of the moving part 50which will be described later, and the bearing unit B can be installed,and it is preferably formed in a H-shape. In other words, the frame 12is formed of a pair of first bar 12-1 and a second bar 12-2 connectingthe first bar 12-1. At one side of the first bar 12-1 is installed thedriven wheel 13, and at the other side of it is installed a bearing unitB, and at the second bar 12-2 is installed a motor 51.

-   -   The driven wheel 13 is installed at a protrusion protruded from        a lower surface of one side of the first bar 12-1.

Since the pillar 20, the backboard 30 and the rim 40 are conventionalelements, so the drawings and detailed descriptions of them will beomitted.

The moving part 50 is directed to moving a basketball post with the aidof a driving force. The moving part 50 comprises a motor 51, a shaft 52,a driving wheel 53 and a belt 54.

The motor 51 is fixedly installed at an upper surface of a center of thesecond bad 12-2 of the frame 12 so as to be positioned in theaccommodation space 11 of the base 10 and comprises a first pulley 51-2at the rotary shaft 51-1 of it, thus rotating in a normal direction or areverse direction the driving wheel 53 in a normal or reverse rotationmode.

The shaft 52 is rotatably and horizontally installed in theaccommodation space 11 of the base 10 by means of the bearing unit Bfixedly installed at a lower surface of the other side of the first bar12-1 of the frame 12, and a second pulley 52-1 is disposed at one sideof the center.

The shaft 52 rotates as a driving force transferred via the belt 54,which will be described later, is applied thereto when the motor 51 isdriven.

The driving wheels 53 are fixedly installed at either side of the shaft52, so it rotates in sync with the rotation of the shaft 52, thus movingforward or backward the basketball post.

The belt 54 is installed at the first pulley 51-2 of the motor 51 andthe second pulley 52-1 of the shaft 52, thus transferring a drivingforce of the motor 51 to the shaft 52 when the motor 51 is driven.

As shown in FIG. 5, it is preferred that the controller 60 operating theoperation of the motor 51 is installed at one side surface of the base10. The controller 60 is formed of a normal driving button, a reversedriving button and a stop button of the motor the descriptions anddrawing of which will be omitted since they are conventional arts.

As shown in FIG. 6, the controller 60 might be formed of a remotecontroller 60′ which can be controlled remotely.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the mobile basketball post for a basketballgame according to the present invention is preferably further providedwith a steering part 70 for the purpose of adjusting the movingdirections including forward and backward direction movements. Here,there is further provided a third bar 12-3 connecting one side of eachof a pair of first bars 12-1 for the sake of easier installations of therotation bar 75 of the steering part 70 which will be descried later,thus forming in whole a trapezoid shape.

The steering part 70 comprises a pair of vertical shafts 71 which aredownwardly protruded from a lower surface of one side of the first bar12-1 of the frame 12, a pair of vertical shafts 71 with an engagingshoulder 71-1 at its lower side, a rotary body 72 which has a hollowpart 72-1 accommodating the vertical shaft 71 and which is mounted onthe engaging shoulder 71-1 and is rotatable, a pair of driven wheels 13which are rotatably installed at the front sides of the rod 73 one endof which is connected to the rotary body 72, a connection piece 74 oneend of which is fixedly connected to the rotary body 72, a rotation bar75 one end of which is rotatably installed at the center of the thirdbar 12-3 of the frame 12 so as to be positioned between the drivenwheels 13, and the other end of which is exposed to the outside so as tobe held, and a connection bar 76 both ends of which are rotatablyinstalled at the ends of the connection piece 74, the intermediateportion of the body being rotatably installed at the center of therotation bar 75.

The mobile basketball post for a basketball game according to thepresent invention might further comprise a position fixing apparatus 80for the purpose of preventing the escape of the mobile basketball postby means of an external force from when it is installed.

As shown in FIG. 9, the position fixing apparatus 80 is characterized inthat the bolt 81 descends when holding and rotating the holding rod 82provided at the bolt 81 vertically thread-engaged with the base 10, andthe pad 83 installed at the lower end of the bolt 81 comes into contactwith the ground, thus limiting the movement of the basketball post.

The position fixing apparatus 80 might be formed in various forms suchas a hydraulic type or a link type in addition to the above-mentionedthread engagement type.

The use state of the mobile basketball post for a basketball gameaccording to the present invention will be described with reference toFIGS. 10 and 11.

First of all, when the motor 51 of the moving part 50 is driven byoperating the controller 60, the rotary shaft 51-1 and the first pulley51-2 installed at the rotary shaft 51-1 start operating in sync witheach other.

At this time, the driving force from the motor 51 is transferred to theshaft 52 by way of the belt 54 installed at the first pulley 51-2 andthe second pulley 52-1, so the shaft 52 rotates, and the driving wheels53 installed at either side of the shaft 52 rotate, thus moving thebasketball post.

When the basketball post moves and arrives at a desired position, theoperation of the motor 51 of the moving part 50 is stopped by operatingthe controller 60.

There is provided a steering part 70, with which it is possible tocontrol a moving direction by rotating the rotation bar 75 after holdingthe other end of the rotation 75 of the steering part 70 when it isneeded to move the basketball post as the driving wheels 53 rotate bymeans of the operation of the motor 51 of the moving part 50.

Holding the other end of the rotation bar 75, when the rotation bar 75is rotated, the connection piece 74 rotates by means of the connectionbar 76, and the rotary body 72 rotatably installed at the vertical shaft71 starts rotating about the vertical shaft 71. So, the driven wheels 13connected with the rotary body 72 rotate by means of the rod 73, so themoving direction of the basketball post can be adjusted.

When the basketball post arrives at a desired position by means of theoperation of the rotation bar 75, the operation of the motor 51 of themoving part 50 is stopped by operating the controller 60.

Holding the holding rod 82 of the position fixing part 80, when theholing rod 82 is rotated, the bolt 81 thread-engaged with the base 10moves downward, and the pad 83 installed at a lower side of the bolt 81comes into contact with the ground, so it is possible to prevent thebasketball post from moving by means of an external force.

1. A basketball post for a basketball game formed of a base, a pillarinstalled at the base, a backboard installed at top of the pillar, and arim installed at a lower side of the backboard, comprising: anaccommodation space formed in the interior of the base; a frame formedof a plurality of bars which are installed in the accommodation space; apair of driven wheels which are installed at the frame to be positionedat one side; a motor which is fixedly installed at an intermediateportion of the frame to be positioned in the accommodation space and hasa first pulley installed at a rotary shaft of the motor; a moving meanswhich comprises: a shaft which is rotatably installed at theaccommodation space by means of a bearing unit fixedly installed at theother side of the frame and has a second pulley; a driving wheel whichis fixedly installed at both sides of the shaft; and a belt installed atthe first pulley and the second pulley; and a steering means whichcomprises: a vertical shaft which is downwardly protruded from a lowersurface of one side of the frame and has an engaging shoulder at a lowerside; a rotary body which is rotatably installed at the vertical shaft;a pair of driven wheels which are rotatably installed at a front end ofthe rod connected to the rotary body; a connection piece one end ofwhich is fixedly connected with the rotary body; a rotation bar one endof which is rotatably installed at the frame, and the other end of whichis exposed to the outside to be held, thus being disposed between thedriven wheels; and a connection bar both ends of which are rotatablyinstalled at an end of each of the connection piece and an intermediateportion of the body is rotatably installed at the center of the rotationbar.
 2. A basketball post for a basketball game according to claim 1,wherein a controller is provided at one side of the base for the purposeof controlling the operation of the motor.
 3. A basketball post for abasketball game according to claim 2, wherein said controller is formedof a remote controller.